A beloved 71-year-old family physician from Ramallah is in his seventh week in an Israeli prison, subjected to the neglect and starvation now standard for Palestinian detaineesAmira Hass03:42 PM • August 05 2026 IDTDr. Mazen Rantisi's West Bank clinic is full of houseplants and empty of patients. About 5 kilometers (3 miles) southwest of there, the 71-year-old family physician is being abused and tormented in Ofer Prison, an incarceration facility for Palestinian detainees.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel occupationHuman rightsIsrael Prison ServicePalestiniansWest BankIsrael-PalestineCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMichigan PrimaryCori BushGazaHezbollahNetanyahuDavid BarneaElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastA Palestinian Doctor's Crime Is Refusing to Abandon His PatientsDon't Feed the Hasbara Machine: Yonit Levi's Novel Gets Lost in TranslationAbdul El-Sayed Claims Victory in Michigan Democratic Senate PrimaryExcavations Uncover Altar of Vilnius' Great Synagogue, Destroyed in HolocaustIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of Joy